Black Tar Palisades

pure blue       a deep breath       sea scum shine       rattle
bones of fog       the cantilever section       a swami hat
kool-aid bubble       heart like a hammer       radiator sand
turquoise rust       tears       laced w/shadow       strings
suicide clouds       sawtooth       silk       whispers       dark
Martian sunset       floodlit       palm trees       ripple
stutter-step       damp       lullabies       feathers of concrete

& I decline the invitation implied
in sheets of galvanized
pacific steel
rippling in the fadeaway